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God Gives Power to Bear Every Trial, March 31
Enduring Trials
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to
man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a
way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
Christ will never abandon the soul for whom He has died. The soul
may leave Him, and be overwhelmed with temptation; but Christ can
never turn from one for whom He has paid the ransom of His own life.
Could our spiritual vision be quickened, we should see souls bowed
under oppression and burdened with grief, pressed as a cart beneath
sheaves, and ready to die in discouragement. We should see angels
flying swiftly to aid these tempted ones, who are standing as on the brink
of a precipice. The angels from heaven force back the hosts of evil that
encompass these souls, and guide them to plant their feet on the sure
foundation. The battles waging between the two armies are as real as
those fought by the armies of this world, and on the issue of the spiritual
conflict eternal destinies depend.
To us, as to Peter, the word is spoken, “Satan hath desired to have
you, that he may sift you as wheat; but I have prayed for thee, that thy
faith fail not.” Thank God, we are not left alone.
We are coming to the crisis. Let us stand the test manfully, grasping
the hand of Infinite Power. God will work for us. We have only to live
one day at a time, and if we get acquainted with God, He will give us
strength for what is coming tomorrow, grace sufficient for each day, and
every day will find its own victories, just as it finds its trials. We shall
have the power of the Highest with us, for we shall be clad with the armor
of Christ’s righteousness. We have the same God that has worked for His
people in ages past. Jesus stands by our side, and shall we falter?—No,
as the trials come, the power of God will come with them. God will help
us to stand in faith on His Word, and when we are united, He will work
with special power in our behalf.
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